Farnworth fires Dolphins to NRL win over battling Eels

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Farnworth fires Dolphins to NRL win over battling Eels

Herbie Farnworth has continued his dazzling form to help the Dolphins seal a rare away win in a 20-16 triumph over bottom-placed Parramatta.

The centre proved the difference when he surged downfield for a 60m breakaway try at CommBank Stadium on Thursday night to hand Kristian Woolf’s side their fourth win of the NRL season.

The English international got through a mountain of work for the Dolphins, clocking up 162m from 12 carries, registering seven tackle busts and pulling off a late try-saving tackle on Will Penisini.

But his crowning moment came when the scores were locked at 12-12 in the 65th minute and the rangy centre burst through a Mitchell Moses tackle and rounded Eels fullback Isaiah Iongi to score.

Farnworth’s try – his fourth in four consecutive games – set his side on the course to a victory which snapped the Dolphins’ run of eight-straight losses outside of Queensland.

The loss leaves Jason Ryles’ Eels rooted to the bottom of the ladder with a 2-7 record.

Moses struggled to put his stamp on the game and the halfback was involved in a tense debate with referee Wyatt Raymond when J’maine Hopgood was penalised for a second-half crusher tackle.

The Eels will have been left feeling this was a game that got away from them after taking the lead soon after halftime.

Matt Doorey crashed in off a Dylan Walker short ball after Dolphins winger Jack Bostock and Eels counterpart Bailey Simonsson had traded tries in a first half that ended 6-6.

But some smart play from Kodi Nikorima allowed the Dolphins to hit back through Connelly Lemuelu.

Nikorima was once again the provider to set up Farnworth, who eased through a Moses tackle and then took on Iongi and won.

The Dolphins then added a penalty goal through Jamayne Isaako when Hopgood was penalised for a crusher tackle on Farnworth.

An unconverted try from five-eighth Brown cut the deficit with five minutes left to give the Eels hope, but the Dolphins hung on to claim a hard-fought win.

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